COVENTRY, England, July 25 (UPI) -- British, U.S. and Belgian researchers said people are subconsciously influenced by the weight of the people around them.

WARWICK, England, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- In a study involving 2 million people worldwide, British and U.S. researchers found that the most miserable time for adults is middle age.

COVENTRY, England, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- British scientists seeking to discover how much must be won in a lottery to deliver long-term happiness say, predictably, small prizes don't do it. But Andrew Oswald, a professor of economics at the University of Warwick, and Jonathan Gardner, of the fina

LONDON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- British economists have warned a rapid fall in house prices is the greatest threat to the economy this year.

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 7 (UPI) -- Economic researchers have determined more frequent sex can elevate a person's happiness level to the same height as a $50,000 raise.

"Careless talk costs lives," said the posters in wartime Britain. Talk, careless or not, may also cost growth and jobs. Talk of an invasion of Iraq has pushed u

WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering brief opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think ta

QUERETARO, Mexico, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A sense of history is needed to predict the future. Mindful of this, your correspondent looks back--to last week, when he wrote "if Monday's crash proves accidental, not deliberate, U.S. stocks will continue their rally this week from the September fall,